Survive
Though Ailsa could have guided Ryu through this precarious situation, her gaze instead shone brightly as she remained silent. This wasn't because she felt Ryu needed to improve without her, after all, Life Partners never left each other's side. Such a thought would assume that Ryu would one day be without her, which wasn't the case at all.
Rather, the reason she remained silent was because she knew well that anything she could say about qi control… Ryu would grasp infinitely faster on his own!
'I can't continue to use my spear…' Ryu's brow furrowed as he made a difficult decision.
With a thought, his spear vanished. It was no surprise that the immediate aftermath placed him in an even sorrier state.
Ryu used the most primal methods of attack, his fists and legs trying to match Host Minn's movements. However it became very obvious very quickly by his inelegant striking that he was no better than a layman in close combat.